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... on Crete. It's a brief reprieve to what's coming. What stands between us and the sea is a 12%25 grade of maybe 30 switchbacks that wind their way all the way to, ***** ass Fackeon. It's a view to die for and if you're not careful you might. The Cretans are known for their rebelliousness and "don't give a ****" attitude. And we've hit the end of tourist season so it feels that way. There are beaches and restaurants and water taxis and bakeries but if ...

... and delightful maze of alleys and side streets. The area is a mix of Byzantine, Greek, Venetian and Turkish architecture. Tomorrow is a sea day. So we are just going to be lazy. The only thing we have to do tomorrow is meet face to face with Israeli immigration officials. We have an appointment with them in the morning. Those officials came on board in Barcelona. The following day we will be in Israel. It will be Happy Hour ...

... we decided we would tackle it anyway, especially after all the food we'd been eating since boarding the cruise. We took a cable car (kind of scary) to the top of the mountain where the town of Fira lies. Of course, the hike turned out to be much more difficult than anticipated: we hiked almost half of the island - about 7 miles - up and down rocky cliffs to the next town of Oia in the hot sun. But it was totally worth it. The panoramic views we had the entire way ...

... storied building, spanning 5 1/2 acres, and was destroyed twice in its history, once from fire (roughly in 1700 BC), the second and later destruction from a major earthquake which ravaged Crete. Two factors are thought to have contributed to the end of the Minoan: the possible eruption of the volcano Thera and the rise of the Mycenean civilization upon Crete. English archaeologist, Sir Arthur John ...

... I sit down and just chill until it comes back, I was not worried, nobody else seemed worried and the terminal didn’t say anything about the bus arriving. Aaron is getting frustrated, however it shows up (as I knew it would) and we jump on. It’s a long drive to Istron and we didn’t have a map laoded to figure out where to get off. Every bus you get on, they generally yell out every stop they make, so we figured it would be pretty easy…. Butttt we missed ...